brick
US
UK brick n: (block for construction)
SC 砖 zhuān
TC 磚
TC 磚
A pile of bricks lay where the house had once stood.
曾经盖了房子的地方放着一堆砖。
brick n: uncountable (material: bricks)
SC 砖头
SC 砖块 zhuān kuài
The famous architect works with brick and stone for his buildings.
这位著名的建筑师在自己的建筑中使用砖和石。
brick n as adj: (made of bricks)
SC 用砖做的 yòng zhuān zuò de
TC 用磚做的
TC 用磚做的
Gwen wants to buy a three-bedroom brick house.
格温想要买一套三居室的砖房。
brick n: figurative, dated, informal (good person)
SC 好人 hǎo rén
TC 好人
TC 好人
SC 热心的人
You can count on William; he's a brick!
brick n: (block of rectangular shape)
SC 砖型物
TC 磚塊
TC 磚塊
SC 方块状物
A brick of mud fell off the bottom of the bucket.
brick n: UK (child's toy block)
SC 积木 jī mù
The child built a tower with the brightly coloured bricks.
brick [sth] vtr: often passive, informal (computer device: stop working) (电脑)
SC 把…变成砖头
I bricked my phone when I tried to install that mod.
当我尝试安装那个模组时，我的手机变成了砖块机。
brick [sth] up, brick up [sth] vtr phrasal sep: (close off with a wall)
SC 用砖围砌
be built like a brick s***house v expr: vulgar, slang (person: be big and muscular)
SC 体格健壮的
SC 肌肉结实的
be like talking to a brick wall v expr: figurative, informal (not be listened to)
SC 对牛弹琴
TC 對牛彈琴
TC 對牛彈琴
Talking to Esther is like talking to a brick wall; neither one will listen!
brick it v expr: UK, slang (be very scared)
SC 很恐惧
SC 非常害怕 fēi cháng hài pà
brick oven n: (oven made of bricks)
SC 砖灶 zhuān zào
That restaurant bakes pizzas in a wood-fired brick oven.
brick pattern n: (staggered placement)
SC 砌砖式
SC 积木式
brick stitch n: (needlework)
SC 砖形针迹
SC 砖形针法
brick wall n: (wall made of bricks)
SC 砖墙 zhuān qiáng
Winston Churchill, who laid bricks as a hobby, built a tall brick wall around his house.
brick-built adj: (made of bricks)
SC 砖砌的
bricks-and-mortar, brick-and-mortar n as adj: (made of bricks and mortar)
SC 砖头水泥造的 zhuān tóu shuǐ ní zào de
Most houses here are stick-built, but in countries where wood is expensive, they're bricks-and-mortar buildings.
clinker, clinker brick n: (hard brick used as paving)
SC 炼砖 liàn zhuān
SC 烧结砖块 liàn zhuān，shāo jié zhuān kuài
hit a brick wall, hit a wall v expr: figurative, informal (meet an obstacle)
SC 遇到障碍
TC 遇到障礙
TC 遇到障礙
SC 遭遇瓶颈
If I hit a brick wall while writing, I find a thirty-minute run helps me to refocus.
Lego brick, Lego block, a piece of Lego, also US: Lego n: ® (piece in a Lego set)
SC 乐高积木块
red brick n: (reddish building material)
SC 红砖
red brick, red-brick n as adj: (building: made of red bricks)
SC 红砖筑造的
red brick, redbrick n as adj: UK, figurative (university: newer, not Oxbridge)
SC 红砖大学的
redbrick, red brick adj: (made of red brick)
SC 红砖的
thick as a brick, as thick as a brick, as thick as two planks v expr: informal (lack intelligence)
SC 笨得像榆木疙瘩
The new employee is thick as a brick.